Improvement in cultivators



WILLIAM C. PERCY.

Improvement in Cultivators. No.127,508, Patented June 4, 1872.1

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IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATO RS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,508, dated June 4, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. PERCY, of Bayou Sara, in the parish of West Feliciana and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

Figure l is a side view of a cultivator-frame provided with the improved shovel. Fig. 2 is a top View of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail front view of the shovel. Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal section of the same taken through the line 00 a:, Fig. 3. 7

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved cultivator for cultivating cotton of the plow H is cut away, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, forming a hole or opening, h of about the same shape as the body of the said plow H, the plow thus consisting of a rim or frame,

The curvature of the plow H and the openof the plow is formed a projection, k through a which is formed a hole to receive the bolt I, by which the plow is secured in its seat upon the lower end of the standard J.

The standard J I prefer to make square, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4, so that it can be attached to a cultivator-frame by simply formin g a square hole and wedging, keying, or otherwise securing the said standard in said holes.

I prefer to use three of the plows, H I J one attached to the forward part of the longitudinal beam A and two attached to the end parts of the cross-beam B-several holes being formed in the end parts of the said crossbeam B to receive the standards of the plows, so that the side plows may be moved in or out, as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The tapering plow H, curved upon the arc of a circle, and having an opening formed in its middle part, leaving the plow simply a rim or frame, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

WM. 0: PERCY. Witnesses:

CLARENCE DOHERTY, O. E. BARROW. 

